North Korea may test hydrogen bomb in Pacific Ocean

originally posted by: Charlyboy
a reply to: hiddenNZ
I guess the same right the French, American, Russian etc etc had? None at all but they did.

the French,and American,test were conducted on islands owned by the French,and Americans

The norks own no islands in the Pacific Ocean,
This means they would be testing in international waters and the UN controls the treaties over international waters.
The norks would also have to warn anyone in the test area under international laws and would be responsible for anyone killed or injured.
And they would also be responsible for the fallout from a nuke.

originally posted by: face23785
The way I understand it, I don't see this happening.

There's 3 ways you could do this:

1. Fly the bomb out with a bomber and drop it at the test site you've chosen.
2. Haul it out there with your navy, set it up, move your navy out of the blast zone and detonate.
3. Launch it to the test site you've chosen on a missile.

The problem is, they lack the capability to do any of these.

1. The only plane they have that they could drop a nuclear bomb with is the Il-28, which has a maximum range of about 2200 km, and that's probably
unloaded. So realistically it could only fly about 1000 km before it had to turn around and head home. If you look at a map, there's really no route
this bomber could fly without violating someone else's airspace and make it out to the Pacific before they had to turn around.

2. What Navy? They've only got a handful of active vessels, logistically it just wouldn't be feasible to send them out that far to do a test.

3. Their missile technology isn't advanced enough to do this yet. They would have to launch on a ballistic trajectory, and they haven't demonstrated
the ability to have the warhead survive re-entry yet.

So, unless I'm missing something here, he's just blowing smoke.

Bingo
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They have 1 bomb at a time that's it. They can't start anything without a backup plan. Unless he wants everyone there to DIE!!

If you're specifically referring to their hydrogen bombs, it's possible they only have 1 or 2 of them yes. But by now they likely have a few dozen
atomic bombs. Pretty much every analysis by any set of experts says they have at least 10, some think they have as many as 30 or more.

For now that's an empty threat, they have nuclear weapons but no way to deliver them just yet.

I would like to point out, however, that this statement from North Korea today is a direct threat:

Due to his lacking of basic common knowledge and proper sentiment, he tried to insult the supreme dignity ofmy country by referring it to a
rocket. By doing so, however, he committed an irreversible mistake of making our rockets' visit to the entire U.S. mainland inevitable all the
more.

Now you might say well the US says it will strike NK. No, the US has said we will strike NK if certain conditions were met. It's always qualified. We
never say "we're definitely going to do this". On the other hand, this clown just said because of what Trump said in his speech, a NK attack on the US
is "inevitable". I dunno if this idiot knows what that word means but it's basically a guarantee, a threat of a pre-emptive strike on us.

For now that's an empty threat, they have nuclear weapons but no way to deliver them just yet.

I would like to point out, however, that this statement from North Korea today is a direct threat:

Due to his lacking of basic common knowledge and proper sentiment, he tried to insult the supreme dignity ofmy country by referring it to a
rocket. By doing so, however, he committed an irreversible mistake of making our rockets' visit to the entire U.S. mainland inevitable all the
more.

Now you might say well the US says it will strike NK. No, the US has said we will strike NK if certain conditions were met. It's always qualified. We
never say "we're definitely going to do this". On the other hand, this clown just said because of what Trump said in his speech, a NK attack on the US
is "inevitable". I dunno if this idiot knows what that word means but it's basically a guarantee, a threat of a pre-emptive strike on us.

That's all the more justification to hit them now.

What exactly makes you think they do not have the means to deliver a nuclear warhead??

For now that's an empty threat, they have nuclear weapons but no way to deliver them just yet.

I would like to point out, however, that this statement from North Korea today is a direct threat:

Due to his lacking of basic common knowledge and proper sentiment, he tried to insult the supreme dignity ofmy country by referring it to a
rocket. By doing so, however, he committed an irreversible mistake of making our rockets' visit to the entire U.S. mainland inevitable all the
more.

Now you might say well the US says it will strike NK. No, the US has said we will strike NK if certain conditions were met. It's always qualified. We
never say "we're definitely going to do this". On the other hand, this clown just said because of what Trump said in his speech, a NK attack on the US
is "inevitable". I dunno if this idiot knows what that word means but it's basically a guarantee, a threat of a pre-emptive strike on us.

That's all the more justification to hit them now.

What exactly makes you think they do not have the means to deliver a nuclear warhead??

Personally, I am taking the threats as seriously as Trump claims he is (not that I believe he actually gives a rat's a$$, I don't). Obviously, he will
be well protected.

For now that's an empty threat, they have nuclear weapons but no way to deliver them just yet.

I would like to point out, however, that this statement from North Korea today is a direct threat:

Due to his lacking of basic common knowledge and proper sentiment, he tried to insult the supreme dignity ofmy country by referring it to a
rocket. By doing so, however, he committed an irreversible mistake of making our rockets' visit to the entire U.S. mainland inevitable all the
more.

Now you might say well the US says it will strike NK. No, the US has said we will strike NK if certain conditions were met. It's always qualified. We
never say "we're definitely going to do this". On the other hand, this clown just said because of what Trump said in his speech, a NK attack on the US
is "inevitable". I dunno if this idiot knows what that word means but it's basically a guarantee, a threat of a pre-emptive strike on us.

That's all the more justification to hit them now.

What exactly makes you think they do not have the means to deliver a nuclear warhead??

They haven't demonstrated the capability to do it yet. Their missile tech is getting there, but still not finished. They haven't figured out how to
get the warhead to survive re-entry yet. That leaves delivering it by bomber. Their Il-28s would never make it to South Korea or Japan without getting
shot down.

So they have the weapon, but until they get some better bombers or finish their missile development, they can't use it on anyone else yet.

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